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Only thing I would be nervous about is rain. We can wear jeans to work, but has to be a nice shirt and nice shoes, with casual Fridays. Of course, I would also be nervous about getting my bike stolen again, without a garage and don't know how I feel about keeping it in my apartment, as I'm sure the tires could get dirty/muddy.

I live in a rented house. I have a garage, so storing my bike is no problem. When I do ride it to work, I bring it back to my bike station, where I can tune it during my break time, if needed. I assemble bikes for my Wal-Mart store, so we have the tools to fix it if I need.

You have any suggestions for a good, cheap... no inexpensive, bike? I mean, I don't want to spend say, $150 for a so-so bike if I could get one for $200 that was significantly better. I'm not looking to buy a $500+ and really don't want to spend $400, but hopefully would find a bike I'd be happy with in the $150-$300 range (but would love it if it stayed in the lower $200 range).

Ex-wife to me in the toy aisle: "Why do I sense we've picked up another plastic lifeform?"

You have any suggestions for a good, cheap... no inexpensive, bike? I mean, I don't want to spend say, $150 for a so-so bike if I could get one for $200 that was significantly better. I'm not looking to buy a $500+ and really don't want to spend $400, but hopefully would find a bike I'd be happy with in the $150-$300 range (but would love it if it stayed in the lower $200 range).

I got my self a 26 inch Schwinn bike at Wal-Mart for $150.00. It works rather well, probably a lower end Schwinn, but it works for me. Unfortunatley it looks like we are not going to see any more Schwinn bikes, at least not for now. Last summer we had three different models of Scwinn bikes, but this Fall we had none on the bike mod. I love assembling the Schwinns, as they come in a good sturdy carton, so little adjustment needed when pitting one together. I would stay away from some of the lower end bikes at Wal-Mart, the ones that are around $50 to $70, as these are good if you only ride on a rare occasion, not so good if you are riding it every day.

Well, California does a lot of things that are out of sync with the rest of America. So, that doesn't surprise me.

"To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence… When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." - C.S. Lewis

At least they were smart enough to legalize Mixed Martial Arts. Illinois finally legalized it last year. Now we're just waiting on New York to catch up.

"To be concerned about being grown up, to admire the grown up because it is grown up, to blush at the suspicion of being childish; these things are the marks of childhood and adolescence… When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up." - C.S. Lewis